Archive for the 'Travel' Category

23
Dec
07

Wonders of the world!!!

During my trip I got to see four wonders of the world and now I know why they call them wonders of the world. All the four wonders of the world I saw had the “wow” factor. Each one of them was breath taking.

Eiffel Tower – I kinda have issues so the lift ride up to the third flow was not very pleasant. but once you reach on top my eyes popped out. The view was brilliant you could almost see the whole of Paris. It looks more beautiful in the evening with lights on. I think they use close to 36 million bulbs to light up Eiffel, funny these are the same people who talk about global warming.

Louvre museum  – I know louvre is not one of the wonders of the world but according to me it is. I had the opportunity to look at the work of such big legends. Some people are really gifted in life to create such wonders. Finally got to see the great work of Leonardo’s Monolisa .

Leaning tower of Pisa – I didn’t know we had to climb the Pisa tower. I found it a bit difficult to climb up because its spiral stairs so it kinda feels dizzy after a while. But once you reach on top you actually feel you standing on a leaning building.

Colosseum – Of all the wonders I liked Colosseum the best. When I saw it my mouth dropped open. It was huge and breath taking. It was so cleverly built keeping all aspects in mind, even to protect the royal family from the sun. They actually build such a big arena to watch man fight each other and animals and people came to watch it for entertainment.

The entire trip was worthwhile just to look at these wonders of the world. But the ironic thing is I got to see close to four wonders of the world but I still haven’t seen Taj Mahal :-)

23
Dec
07

My Europe trip

I have always wanted to go on an euro trip and finally got to do it this month. It was a short trip but a brilliant one. If I start writing about it i could go on and on….

We got to visit close to 6 different places. I liked Rome the best. Its such a beautiful place. Even though it looks like a city of ruins its amazing to be see the restoration work they have done to preserve it. Every building, every cathedral, every sculptor and every single painting was breath taking. Its such a romantic city so if you planning to visit Rome go with the one you love. Nothing like walking the roads of Rome holding hands with someone you love.

No words to describe how wonderful Venice is. There is water everywhere. We had to take water bus to go from one island to another. Actually they use water bus to commute from one place to another, its one of the public transports. There is an option to take a boat ride from one corner of the city to another, it an one hour ride. We took the boat ride in the evening, I stood out to watch the sunset. It was unbelievably cold but the view was so beautiful it was worth it. All the souvenir shops in Venice had these masks, very pretty ones. I got myself a stunning black mask with black feathers :-)

Towards the end of our trip the temperature went below 0 degree. I was hoping it would snow because I had never seen snow. Actually when we climbed Mt. Vesuvius, there was ice near the crater. Even though it got very cold in Brussels it didn’t snow. I was quite disappointed.

I had an awesome trip but it felt very difficult to part with my friends in the airport. So I had a sad flight from Brussels to Vienna, but when I landed in Vienna I had a smile on my face. Guess what it was snowing in Vienna. Yippee… My prayers were finally answered. The whole city was covered in snow, unbelievably beautiful . It looked like heaven on earth, felt like a dream. My trip felt complete.

Everyone must go to Europe on a vacation :-)